Official UK procurement notice
Safe moves: support to navigate romance and investment fraud
Authority: Ofcom (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionOfcom has a requirement for a supplier with expertise in working with men and women’s organisations/ networks to develop and deliver a media literacy intervention around romance fraud. This supplier will also amplify existing resources around investment fraud by embedding them into existing provision for the same cohort.
The service must deliver the following by September 2027:
- Development of activities and resources for men and women under 45 to better protect them against and increase confidence around issues pertaining to romance and investment fraud. This may be training, workshops, webinars, interactive resources etc. - we expect any development of activities or resources to be co-produced with target participants.
- Embedding of existing activities and resources into existing delivery of existing digital inclusion activities, for example, training, events or support, with men and women under 45.
- Stakeholder engagement which must include:
o Promoting media literacy activities to other relevant community organisations.
o Supporting activities intended to inform policy development, which will be led by Ofcom e.g. a presentation to the Ofcom team.
o Seeking input from expert steering group, convened by the tendering supplier.
- The successful supplier will need to deliver an evaluation report demonstrating impact for participants against agreed key outcomes to be delivered a month before the end of the contract.
CPV: Training programme services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£125,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Lot awarding rule: 1) Experience of delivering media literacy skills development activities - 20% 2) Delivery - 25% 3) Knowledge of target community - 25% 4) Evaluation - 10% 5) Price - 20%
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - open competition
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Below threshold
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 25 Jun 2026, 12:56 BST
- Last source update
- 25 Jun 2026, 12:56 BST
- Authority reference
C20262764- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-059837- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06bd0eFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 17 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 10 Jul 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
Timeline
25 Jun 2026 → 21 Sept 2026 · 4 dates- Tender notice published124 days ago25 Jun 2026, 12:56 BST
- Clarification questions by108 days ago10 Jul 2026, 17:00 BST
- Submission deadline102 days ago17 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts36 days ago21 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published25 Jun 2026, 12:56 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender